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Twenty-first Amendment
an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1933, providing for the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, which had outlawed the manufacture, sale, and transportation of ...

twenty-five
/twen"tee fuyv", twun"-/, n.
1. a cardinal number, 20 plus 5.
2. a symbol for this number, as 25 or XXV.
3. a set of this many persons or things.
adj.
4. amounting to 25 in ...

Twenty-five Articles of Religion
▪ creed by Wesley
creed that was prepared by John Wesley (Wesley, John), founder of Methodism, for the Methodist church in the United States. The creed was ...

twenty-four
/twen"tee fawr", -fohr", twun"-/, n.
1. a cardinal number, 20 plus 4.
2. a symbol for this number, as 24 or XXIV.
3. a set of this many persons or things.
adj.
4. amounting to 24 ...

twenty-fourth
/twen"tee fawrth", -fohrth", twun"-/, adj.
1. next after the twenty-third; being the ordinal number for 24.
2. being one of 24 equal parts.
n.
3. a twenty-fourth part, esp. of ...

Twenty-fourth Amendment
an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1964, forbidding the use of the poll tax as a requirement for voting in national or U.S. Congressional elections.
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twenty-nine
/twen"tee nuyn", twun"-/, n.
1. a cardinal number, 20 plus 9.
2. a symbol for this number, as 29 or XXIX.
3. a set of this many persons or things.
adj.
4. amounting to 29 in ...

twenty-ninth
/twen"tee nuynth", twun"-/, adj.
1. next after the twenty-eighth; being the ordinal number for 29.
2. being one of 29 equal parts.
n.
3. a twenty-ninth part, esp. of one ...

twenty-one
/twen"tee wun", twun"-/, n.
1. a cardinal number, 20 plus 1.
2. a symbol for this number, as 21 or XXI.
3. a set of this many persons or things.
4. Also, 21. Also called ...

Twenty-one Demands
▪ East Asian history
(Jan. 18, 1915), claims made by the Japanese government to special privileges in China during World War I. The major European powers, which ...

twenty-second
/twen"tee sek"euhnd, twun"-/, adj.
1. next after the twenty-first; being the ordinal number for 22.
2. being one of 22 equal parts.
n.
3. a twenty-second part, esp. of one ...

Twenty-second Amendment
an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1951, limiting presidential terms to two for any one person, or to one elected term if the person has completed more than two ...

twenty-seven
/twen"tee sev"euhn, twun"-/, n.
1. a cardinal number, 20 plus 7.
2. a symbol for this number, as 27 or XXVII.
3. a set of this many persons or things.
adj.
4. amounting to 27 in ...

twenty-seventh
/twen"tee sev"euhnth, twun"-/, adj.
1. next after the twenty-sixth; being the ordinal number for 27.
2. being one of 27 equal parts.
n.
3. a twenty-seventh part, esp. of one ...

twenty-six
/twen"tee siks", twun"-/, n.
1. a cardinal number, 20 plus 6.
2. a symbol for this number, as 26 or XXVI.
3. a set of this many persons or things.
adj.
4. amounting to 26 in ...

twenty-sixth
/twen"tee siksth", twun"-/, adj.
1. next after the twenty-fifth; being the ordinal number for 26.
2. being one of 26 equal parts.
n.
3. a twenty-sixth part, esp. of one ...

Twenty-sixth Amendment
an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1971, lowering the voting age to 18.
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twenty-third
/twen"tee therrd", twun"-/, adj.
1. next after the twenty-second; being the ordinal number for 23.
2. being one of 23 equal parts.
n.
3. a twenty-third part, esp. of one ...

Twenty-third Amendment
an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1961, allowing District of Columbia residents to vote in presidential elections.
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twenty-three
/twen"tee three", twun"-/, n.
1. a cardinal number, 20 plus 3.
2. a symbol for this number, as 23 or XXIII.
3. a set of this many persons or things.
adj.
4. amounting to 23 in ...

Twining, Nathan F(arragut)
born Oct. 11, 1897, Monroe, Wis., U.S.
died March 29, 1982, Lackland Air Force Base, near San Antonio, Texas
U.S. air force officer.
He graduated from West Point and served as ...

Twinkie{™}
n
a small, sweet yellow cake with a soft filling like cream, sold in the US. It is regarded as typical of foods that are very popular but not very good for you.
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twinkle
—twinkler, n.
/twing"keuhl/, v., twinkled, twinkling, n.
v.i.
1. to shine with a flickering gleam of light, as a star or distant light.
2. to sparkle in the light: The diamond ...

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
the title and first line of a traditional nursery rhyme. The words are:
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in ...

two cents
1. something of insignificant value; a paltry amount: We wouldn't give two cents for their chances of success.
2. two cents worth, an opinion, usually unsolicited and unwelcome: ...

two cultures
a phrase made popular by the author C P Snow in 1959. He used it to describe the division between the arts and the sciences in Britain, and argued that people trained in the arts ...

Two Gentlemen of Verona
a comedy play (c. 1593) by William Shakespeare. It is about two friends, Valentine and Proteus, who both fall in love with the same young woman, Silvia. Another young woman, ...

Two Gentlemen of Verona, The
a comedy (1594-95) by Shakespeare.
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▪ work by Shakespeare
an early play in five acts by William Shakespeare (Shakespeare, William), written perhaps in ...

Two Noble Kinsmen, The
▪ play by Shakespeare and Fletcher
tragicomedy in five acts by William Shakespeare (Shakespeare, William) and John Fletcher (Fletcher, John). The play was probably ...

two old cat
/tooh" euh kat'/, Games.
one old cat played with two batters.
Also, two o' cat, two-a-cat.
[1840-50, Amer.]
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two pair
Poker.
a set of two cards of the same denomination together with another matched set of different denomination from the first.
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Two Sicilies
a former kingdom in Sicily and S Italy that existed intermittently from 1130 to 1861.
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Two Sicilies, Kingdom of the
Former kingdom, Italy.
It united the southern part of the Italian peninsula with the island of Sicily. The region was conquered by the Normans in the 11th century; the two areas ...

Two Thousand Guineas
(also the 2 000 Guineas)
a well-known British horse race run every year at Newmarket in late April or early May. It was first held in 1809.
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▪ horse race
also spelled ...